date-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: engage in a romantic relationship with someone

Examples:
Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart.
He is dating his former wife again!
Did you know she was dating an older man?

Mappings:
VerbNet: marry-36.2
FrameNet: Personal_relationship
PropBank: date.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4

Sense Number 2: stamp or mark with a date

Examples:
The package was dated November 24.
She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday.

Mappings:
VerbNet: illustrate-25.3
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: date.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
date_stamp 1

Sense Number 3: assign a date to

Commentary: Includes: DATE BACK, DATE FROM

Examples:
Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings.
The autographed manuscript of a poem was signed by Henry Lawson but not dated.
Surviving fragments of sculpture dated it to the end of the 12th century.
The title to the property dated back to 1803.
Lacrosse is a game that dates back as early as the existence of Native American tribes.
Some plant historians date the kohlrabi back to the Roman Empire.
The CD dates it from 1961, though other sources date it from 1965.
He had in his possession a marble statue dated from the 6th century BC.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: date.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
date_from 1
date_back 1